The BJP on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on April 30 to protest against the “violence” and “rampant unethical practices” resorted to by the ruling Trinamool Congress during the recent civic polls. The call coincides with the 12 hour statewide general strike called by the main opposition Left Front. Several trade unions, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi donated one month’s salary to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for assistance to those affected in India by the quake that devastated Nepal, an official statement said on Monday. The government on Sunday announced a compensation of Rs.6 lakh each for the families of the people killed in the earthquake […]
Pakistan and China would together fight terrorism to root it out, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday addressing a joint sitting of parliament’s both houses, which was convened to honour visiting Chinese President XI Jinping. “Our joint efforts against terrorism have succeeded so far but we need to intensify our efforts,” Sharif said. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conferred an award on Tripura’s Mandwai block where every tribal family has a bank account. Mandwai block’s feat in financial inclusion and financial literacy, besides according benefits to tribals, has made it a role model. Mandwai’s Block Development Officer (BDO) Monohar Biswas said: “Of the 12,910 families comprising 55,050 […]
With the government slated to table a copy of the land ordinance in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the house is expected to witness a stormy start as it meets after a recess for the second half of the budget session. According to the schedule of business of the house, Minister of State for Parliamentary […]
Despite poor quarterly earnings by corporate India, foreign investors continued to pump cash into the country’s equity markets during the week ended April 17. The Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) remained net buyers in the Indian equities market for the week ended April 17, they bought stocks worth only Rs.914.12 crore or $146.55 million, according to […]
Having basked in envious glory for the past few decades, the Gandhi bastions of Rae Bareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh seem to have fallen on bad times after the ascendancy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the centre. With the union government red-flagging an ambitious mega food park project of Congress vice […]
President Pranab Mukherjee called on the youth of the country to lead India to the high table of the international community, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. Addressing the first batch of NIT scholars’ “In-Residence” programme, the president said he was impressed by their willingness to take on challenges with courage and find solutions. “If the […]
The US presidential race took off with Hillary Clinton finally jumping into the fray with an aura of inevitability, but that analysts suggested may turn out to be the former secretary of state’s biggest handicap. In her second bid to break the glass ceiling and return to the White House, the former first lady chose […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government will create a mechanism to facilitate German investment in India and provide all support to German companies there. In his remarks at the joint media interaction with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Modi strongly pitching for making India a manufacturing hub and for success of his government’s […]